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Status and Culture How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change

W. David Marx

"Subtly altered how I see the world." —Michelle Goldberg, All humans share a need to secure their social standing, and this universal motivation structures our behavior, forms our tastes, determines how we live, and ultimately shapes who we are. We can use status, then, to explain why some things b...

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Michelle recommended the upcoming Status and Culture, noting its insights on social rank and cultural change.

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It's by W. David Marks, and it's called Status and Culture, How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change. It's one of those books that I kept reading and t...

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Michelle recommended the upcoming Status and Culture, noting its insights on social rank and cultural change.

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It's by W. David Marks, and it's called Status and Culture, How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change. It's one of those books that I kept reading and thinking is mindblowing.

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